/***************************************************************************

    gline.h - interface for gline class
    Copyright (C) 2003 John Klar (paladin at projectplasma dot com)

    This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
    modify it under the terms of the GNU Library General Public
    License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
    version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

    This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
    but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
    MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
    Library General Public License for more details.

    You should have received a copy of the GNU Library General Public
    License along with this library; if not, write to the Free
    Software Foundation, Inc., 675 Mass Ave, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA.

 ***************************************************************************/

#ifndef GLINE_H_
#define GLINE_H_

#include <map>
#include <string>
#include <iostream>
#include <fstream>
using namespace std;

typedef map<string, string, less<string> > StringMap;
typedef map<string, StringMap, less<string> > MetaStringMap;

class gline {
private:
	// string section;

protected:
	MetaStringMap config;

	int parse(const char *fname);

public:
	gline() {};
	~gline() {};

	// parse contents of file
	int open(const char *fname);

	// does section or section+key Exist
	int exists(const char *section, const char *key=NULL);

	StringMap &operator[](const char *key);

	// StringMap &operator[](string key);
private:
	void delete_spaces(string &str);
};

#endif
